George Mason University Student Population and Demographics

GMU Student Population

There are 39,049 students including 27,014 undergraduate and 12,035 graduate students at George Mason University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 27,121 full-time and 11,928 part-time students with gender distribution of 18,826 male and 20,223 female students. George Mason University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 7,421 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

George Mason University has a total enrollment of 39,049 with a gender distribution of 48.21% male (18,826 students) and 51.79% female (20,223 students). There are 13,798 male and 13,216 female students in undergraduate school and 5,028 male and 7,007 female students are attending graduate school at George Mason University.

Student Population By Gender
George Mason University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	39,049	18,826	20,223
Undergraduate	27,014	13,798	13,216
Graduate	12,035	5,028	7,007
Full-time	27,121	13,512	13,609
Part-time	11,928	5,314	6,614

[Chart] George Mason University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

George Mason University has 27,121 full-time and 11,928 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 21,512 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,502 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,609 students are full-time and 6,426 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
George Mason University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	39,049	27,121	11,928
Undergraduate	27,014	21,512	5,502
Graduate	12,035	5,609	6,426
Men	18,826	13,512	5,314
Women	20,223	13,609	6,614

[Chart] George Mason University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At George Mason University, 7,421 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20,436 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 39,049 students. In undergraduate schools, 20,976 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 6,881 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
George Mason University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	39,049	27,014	12,035
Online Exclusively	7,421	3,832	3,589
In Some Online Classes	20,436	17,144	3,292
Not In Online Classes	11,192	6,038	5,154

[Chart] George Mason University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at George Mason University. There are 49 American Indian/Native American, 14,374 White, 4,445 Black/African American, 7,438 Asian, 5,607 Hispanic, 41 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,565 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
George Mason University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	39,049	18,826	20,223
American Indian/Native American	49	25	24
Asian	7,438	3,783	3,655
Black/African American	4,445	1,939	2,506
Hispanic	5,607	2,432	3,175
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	17	24
White	14,374	6,908	7,466
Two More	1,567	756	811
Race Un-Known	1,611	809	802

[Chart] George Mason UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at George Mason University.

Age Distribution
George Mason University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	39,049	27,014	12,035
Under 18	319	319	0
Age 18-19	7,234	7,233	1
Age 20-21	8,547	8,345	202
Age 22-24	9,315	6,351	2,964
Age 25-29	6,367	2,813	3,554
Age 30-34	2,825	924	1,901
Age 35-39	1,567	387	1,180
Age 40-49	1,807	422	1,385
Age 50-64	971	188	783
Over 64	90	31	59
Age Un-Known	7	1	6

[Chart] George Mason University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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